Wife
81wife-selling — For at least 300 years, according to popular belief, a man could get rid of his wife, and, more importantly, get rid of any responsibility for her future upkeep or actions, by selling her to another man. The sale normally had its formalities… …
82Wife selling — The old custom of wife selling in provincial England provided a way of ending an unsatisfactory marriage by mutual agreement. By registering as a marketplace seller and parading his wife with a halter about her neck, a husband could auction her… …
83wife-beater — 1. Newcastle Brown Ale. 2. The sleeveless undervest as favoured by the redneck community. Bottle of wife beater, please. Ah, I see your dad is wearing his wife beater …
84wife-beater — 1. Newcastle Brown Ale. 2. The sleeveless undervest as favoured by the redneck community. Bottle of wife beater, please. Ah, I see your dad is wearing his wife beater …
85wife and children — Sometimes a designation of beneficiaries of a life insurance policy. While some courts hold that a policy payable to the wife of the insured and their children includes children by another wife, the prevailing view is that the beneficiaries are… …
86Wife of Bath — one of the best known characters in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. She is a lively woman who has been married five times and makes many humorous remarks about sex. The story she tells, the Wife of Bath’s Tale, is about one of King Arthur’s knights.… …
87wife of his bosom — his wife, his partner, his female companion …
88wife of one's bosom — his beloved wife, his spouse …
89wife-beating — See whipping wife …
90wife's right of survivorship — The title of a surviving wife at common law, arising upon the death of her husband, to choses in action which belonged to tier at the time of the marriage or came to her during coverture, and were not reduced to possession by the husband. 26 Am… …
